The Layman's Bible Resource
      A potpourri of ideas and helps for the Sunday school teacher or youth leader

Bible Tidbits

Bible Divisions

Pentateuch
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy

History
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, I & II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Poetry
Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel

Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

History
Acts

Pauline Epistles
Romans, I & II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I & II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, Titus, Philemon

General Epistles
Hebrews, James, I & II Peter, I, II, & III John, Jude

Revelation
Revelation

Bible Facts (Original KJV)

There are a total of 66 books in the Bible- 39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament.

There are 1189 chapters- 929 in the Old Testament, 260 in the New Testament.

There are 31,102 verses- 23,145 in the Old Testament, 7,957 in the New Testament.

The middle chapter of the Bible is Psalms 117; which is also the shortest chapter in the Bible.

The shortest verse in the Old Testament is I Chronicles 1:25

The middle verse is Psalms 118:8. The longest verse is Esther 8:9.

The longest chapter is Psalms 119. The shortest verse is John 11:35.

The longest word in the Bible is Mahershalah-hash-baz in Isaiah 8:1.

Daniel 4:37 contains all the letters of the alphabet except “Q”.

Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters except “J”.

The word “eternity” occurs only in Isaiah 57:15.